Great Buddha of Kamakura: A Popular Buddha Statue ... The reclining Buddha statue, covered in gold leaf and measuring an impressive 15 meters in height and 45 meters in length, represents the ...

NARA--UNESCO World Heritage Todaiji temple was filled with the heavenly sight of flying white-robed priests vigorously dusting the towering Great Buddha statue ahead of the Obon holidays.

I am happy to see that she loved us.” The letters were part of a cache kept for two decades in the Great Buddha statue in Nara, which were returned to the writers or their families, eliciting a ...

The walls are lined with vibrant, striking tapestries. Shades of gold, orange and red stand out from the swaths of green and ...